Unforgiven Resources

Itching for some answers? Here's a good place to start: a page that explores the elements of Western films.

All the info about Revisionist Westerns: the gloomy cousin to the regular ol' Western.

Here's some light reading—a link to Peoples' screenplay for Unforgiven.

A sophisticated book about Western films that has a fantastic chapter on Unforgiven.

A book about ethics in Eastwood's films.

A great, book-length guide to great Western films. (Yup; Unforgiven's in there.)

A long paper (a whopping eighty-three pages) about Unforgiven.

An insightful review of the film.

A video of Gene Hackman winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. (Totally deserved, in our opinion.)

A video of Clint Eastwood winning the Oscar for Best Picture (he produced Unforgiven).

A short clip of the final fight scene in Unforgiven.

A shot of part of the Unforgiven set.

Clint Eastwood directs Richard Harris (English Bob) and Saul Rubinek (W.W. Beauchamp).

A close-up shot of Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood holding—what else?—rifles.